Vacuum Chamber Interior (image)

Caption

The interior of the vacuum chamber in which the acceleration occurs. The laser beam arrives from the right. The gas cell, within which the acceleration of electrons occurs, is in the center of the chamber. The actual acceleration occurs over a distance of about an inch.

Credit

Courtesy of Neil Fazel

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